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Rabbi Irwin KulaRabbi Irwin Kula

Rabbi Irwin Kula is a 7th generation rabbi and a disruptive spiritual innovator. A rogue thinker, author of the award-winning book, Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life, and President-Emeritus of Clal - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, he works at the intersection of religion, innovation, and human flourishing.  A popular commentator in both new and traditional media, he is co-founder with Craig Hatkoff and the late Professor Clay Christensen of The Disruptor Foundation whose mission is to advance disruptive innovation theory and its application in societal critical domains. He serves as a consultant to a wide range of foundations, organizations, think tanks, and businesses and is on the leadership team of Coburn Ventures, where he offers uncommon inputs on cultural and societal change to institutional investors across sectors and companies worldwide. 

Crossing Borders: Jews and Christmas in America 2013

September 30, 2014December 30, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Over the past few days there has been a series of social media threads around the question what “we” make … Continue Reading

Star Trek, Cathedrals and Us

December 27, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

“To boldly go where no man has gone before” is a phrase many of us know from the opening of … Continue Reading

The Holiness of Every Child

December 23, 2014December 24, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

About fifteen years ago, I had an experience that transformed Christmas for me.? My wife and I were sitting with … Continue Reading

Patriotism and Protest in Song

April 10, 2015December 23, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Did you know that folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land Is Your Land” in 1940 as a reaction to … Continue Reading

“What If?”: Inside Llewyn Davis

September 30, 2014December 20, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

I walked out of the theater after seeing?Inside Llewyn Davis,?the Coen brother’s phenomenal new film feeling as I always do … Continue Reading

Stars of David

September 30, 2014December 17, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Over the weekend I went to see the off Broadway musical, Stars of David, based on Abigail Pogrebin’s best-selling book … Continue Reading

Happy Birthday Keith

March 16, 2015December 16, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

Can you believe Keith Richards turns 70 this coming Wednesday? I saw the Stones for the first time 40 years … Continue Reading

Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

September 30, 2014December 13, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

How do you react when you see a physically disabled person? Do you stare? Do you avert your gaze? What … Continue Reading

Jury Duty Isn’t Joyless: Exhibit A

February 7, 2015December 10, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

I am sitting in a jurors’ lounge in Manhattan with about 100 other people, waiting to be selected for a … Continue Reading

In Memory of Nelson Mandela

September 30, 2014December 6, 2013 by Rabbi Irwin Kula

My post today has very few words.? Nelson Mandela died yesterday at 95.? Here are two beautiful and wise clips … Continue Reading

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